AWH Colour Creations featuring Night Of Navy. #32

You are at the blog of Rachel Palmieri, an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator based in South Morang, and outer north-eastern part of Melbourne. Thank you for stopping to see my work. I love to stamp (and other crafts too) and have loved being a part of Stampin' Up! for nearly 8 years now. I hold classes in my home studio, demo at parties, coach my team and love life!!! Art With Heart is one of the larger teams in Australia, and it is a great community to be a member of. I'm happy to talk to you about any aspect of the company if you'd like to chat. But now for the business at hand - a colour challenge!

This blog was initiated by Catherine Proctor, a valued member of our Stampin' Up! family, as a way to share the colours in the range, both the old ones and new. Night Of Navy has been in the range for all the time I have been a demonstrator and is a tried and true 'friend'. If you would like to check out what the rest of the team have made using Night Of Navy, click back on Catherine's link.

Have you tried the Stampin' Blends yet? I'm a big fan, love to sit and colour with them, but I have to admit Night Of Navy scares me! It is just so bold and prone to flowing over the lines when I'm trying to colour. Another demonstrator made a card using Bloom By Bloom and coloured the background which definitely influenced me to try this for myself. 

There are 2 shades in each colour of Stampin' Blends, so I will confess. yes - it was Night Of Navy light I used - such a coward!!! I wasn't sure whether to colour any of the foreground, but decided to do all but the pot. Daffodil for flowers, Pear Pizzazz for leaves and Pool Party for the background.

I snapped this on my phone and shared it to Facebook two weekends ago when I was having a colouring session. I used the middle stamp that the glare from the window is hiding somewhat, but it is a Mother's Day stamp, and as I felt it would also make a good 'any reason' stamp I chopped it apart with scissors. It can still push back together for positioning as it was meant to be, so its not such a bad thing to do. I have some more beautiful cards to share from Just Because, as soon as I get them assembled.

It is always nice to add to the inside of a card too, so another part-picture and a sentiment from another stamp set in  the Occasions catalogue, Itty Bitty Birthdays. It has 16 different small sentiments, including 'happy belated birthday' which I've needed to use twice the last few days! Sorry Kaz and Kathryn :(

 Just Because is a new Host stamp, so you can only add it to your order once it reaches $250, but how you reach that amount could be a BIG order for yourself, a virtual party - gathering orders by showing a catalogue to friends, family etc, actually holding a party with some crafty fun thrown in. You pay for Just Because with host dollars (commissions) valued on your sales.

This card is for the more experienced home crafter, someone who has a Big Shot, dies, embossing folders and a heat tool. The stamp set itself is perfect for #simplestamping with a pack of notecards, and an inkpad. Any questions? Feel free to ask, and I'll respond as soon as I'm able. 

Now don't forget to see the other projects here.

Touches of Floral

Today I'm sharing a card made with two quite expensive stamp sets, Special Celebrations for the sentiments and Touches of Texture for the flowers and foliage. If you have been thinking about joining Stampin' Up!, from January 3rd until March 31st, when you join up you still choose $235.00 worth of your choice of product but pay only $169.00, but for no additional cost you also choose two stamp set to a retail value of up to $174, which is why I'm showing these two.

 As we end the year, I'm finding pretty cards I've photographed but not blogged. This was one I did early in the year after I came home from Onstage with Special Celebrations as my Prize Patrol stamp set. Wowsers!!I was going to buy it anyway, and it's an expensive one, so that was a win-win.

I scattered the flowers in a pleasing arrangement on the front, and thoroughly enjoyed colouring them.

Don't you think that is a thoughtful verse for a birthday card? I decided it deserved to be surrounded with some more beautiful blooms.
Now, there is more information about joining Stampin' Up!® under the tab at the top of my blog, and don't hesitate to ask any other questions in the meantime. I am holding a Team Meeting at the end of January, so if you're local, you are very welcome to come along and see what happens.

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Purchasers who add the Host Code receive a gift from me in the mail.

Special Celebrations Clear Mount $57.00

Special Celebrations Wood Mount $78.00

Touches Of Texture Clear Mount $57.00

Touches Of Texture Wood Mount $78.00

Pretty In Pink CI#18

Oh my, look at all this pink!!! I wasn't sure where to go with this colour scheme, so I decided to begin with a scooter and a mass of flowers, like the picture. Mediterranean Moments for the first and Wood Words for the second. Not very original, but it started the creativity flowing until I had made a lovely trio in pink.

The stamp sets common to all the cards are Mediterranean Moments and Wood Words. This one with the scooter has a birthday greeting from Special Celebrations.

For the other two cards Beautiful You has made an appearance too. Some of the images are watercoloured, some have been coloured with a Stampin' Write marker, and the dress above has been stamped to colour.

The first one might still be my favourite from this group. Which one do you like best?

Next you should hop along to Julia Quinn

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Happy 5 Year Anniversary

The ever-so-sweet Kelly Kent is so excited to be celebrating her 5 year anniversary working as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, she wanted to share the joy around by having her very own anniversary blog hop. I think she might have been just the tiniest bit surprised at how many people shouted out, "Pick me! Pick me!" It just goes to show how much we love this girl. Kelly very generously picked us all (I think) and here we are in celebration mode.

Berry Burst was my choice for this card with a little Rich Razzleberry and a bit more Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper. I wanted to try Embossing Paste too, as it is new to Stampin' Ups! range of products. This time I left it in the original white but I have tinted it with a few drops of re-inker to get coloured versions too. I tried it out with a mask which I used previously for painting. Happy Anniversary is from the retiring Timeless Love. Of course, you know the hot Air Balloon is from Lift Me Up. Thank goodness that is carrying over to the new catalogue!!!

The card needed to be a little bit special for Kelly, so I picked a butterfly (Garden In Bloom) and some more balloons, all things that fly high you'll note. I took a quick pic before adding this folding panel inside in case it was impossible to photograph once it was inside.

It wasn't totally impossible, just a touch difficult, so you don't really get to see the sweet verse from Special Celebrations. That is also where 'Congratulations' comes from, and 'HUGS' is from Lovely Inside & Out. My friend was very keen to take this home with her, and suggested I changed the 5 to 21, the number of years she has been married!

Wishing you a very successful career over the next 5 years, Kelly. Now you'll be heading over to Cheryl Algie, can hardly wait to see her project!

 Cheers, Rachel

Everyday Occasions AWH Blog Hop

Tonight I am participating in a blog hop along with the super talented ladies in the Art With Heart Team. We thought it would be fun to share some fabulous ideas to inspire you from our brand new 2017-2018 annual catalogue, which is available 1st June. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today!

I was so excited to win Special Celebrations in Prize Patrol at Onstage, I'd already marked it in the catalogue as a 'must buy'! Stampin' Up!® are a very generous company and there are some nice little sweetners like Prize Patrol that keep us coming back to these events. I think maybe it is also getting together with all the other crafty folk who go to these functions too!

 Anyway, I was mighty pleased to bring Special Celebrations home with me, and started using it as soon as possible. For my first card I've paired it with Bella & Friends, and Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper. I ordered the paper without the stamp or punch which is part of the suite, because I thought the paper was just too gorgeous to wait for!

The sweet puppy has been stamped onto a Stitched Shape Circle, along with the Happy Birthday sentiment. Burlap ribbon has been laid behind for a little more interest.

 This accompanying verse for birthdays is lovely, don't you think?

I totally enjoy water colouring now, and used the Aqua Painter with ink from the lid of the ink pad. The new glitter enamel dots are a perfect finishing touch, with gradients of colour and speckles through them.

With this paper, also from the Delightful Daisy DSP pack, I used a flower from Garden In Bloom. It seems to go quite nicely with this paper, and I took a cue from the colours and added some Tranquil Tide to the flower. I love it! What about the Faceted Gems? This is the gold, and there is clear too. It's a great flower centre. I nearly forgot to mention this new copper trim. It is a loose weave, so you can leave it as a slim ribbon. or tease it out a little, as I have here, and it is like net.

I hope you're feeling excited about the new Stampin' Up!® catalogue, I certainly am. Every time I walk into my craft room, I have an urge to make something, and I've only a handful of new products at the moment.

I did think it was a good idea to share the inside of this card, so you can read another delightful verse from the  Special Celebrations stamp set. paired up with a flower from Garden In Bloom.


 Your next stop on this blog hop is Alisha Watson

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

1. Tina Gillespie
2. Ros Davidson
3. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
4. Kate Morgan
5. Andrea Roberts
6. Rachel Palmieri
7. Alisha Watson
8. Kimberly Hern
9. Monika O'Neill
10. Claire Daly
11. Sharon Davern
12. Rachel Woollard
13. Caroline Manwaring
14. Judy May 

15. Catherine Proctor

16. Rebecca Jacovou

Happy crafting, 

Rachel

Stitched Wildflowers

What a great challenge at Just Add Ink - Just add stitching, and I have just made a card with stitching to share with you. I came home from Onstage in Perth with a stamp I won in Prize Patrol that I was itching to try out, so I pulled out Wild About Flowers, which hasn't seen nearly enough ink yet and paired it with this new stamp.

When I saw Special Celebrations in the new catalogue, I immediately underlined it. Not only does it have a variety of sentiments for the front of a card, it matches them with a verse for the inside. Customers have been asking for this, and now there's a stamp to cover babies, weddings, birthdays and a general one. As I placed the layers together, it seemed a good idea to sew around the outside for definition.

My husband looked very surprised when he saw me carry my sewing machine to the dining room and start to set it up. Next thing I knew he was applauding! Oh dear! What would he say if he knew I was sewing a card? He'd gone into the garden by now and I quickly sewed the card and hid it in my craft room. I then pulled out a couple of things that needed mending and took care of that. Finally, I picked up a quilt top and added a border around it. All so he thought I was actually sewing and not making a card! Funny thing is, I enjoyed sewing and have now put a second border on the quilt and may even begin to put it together for quilting soon.

In case you want to see the verse which accompanies the sentiment, here is the inside of the card. I love the mix of fonts, and the thoughts it expresses. Don't forget to check out the Just Add Ink Blog Challenge, you won't have to use a sewing machine, maybe Stitched Framelits or a touch of hand stitching. Anyway, you ought to see what the design team have made.

 

Have a great crafty weekend,
Rachel